MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
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